Expanded from his own mega award winning short of the same name, Paul Catling's Tomo looks like a reboot of Robinson Crusoe on Mars except Friday is a robot and the relationship between the two might not be all hugs and kisses. In fact according to the director, the film promises to be an unflinching look at what could very well be our innevitable future life with technology. Tomo is still in production and will be a combination of live action and CGI. Clips and full synopsis after the break.

Synopsis: "Set in the near future, a man is stranded on a barren ice-planet when his cargo ship crash-lands. John's only hope of rescue is through the help of an emergency survival robot or Tomo ("companion" in Japanese). At first John is cautious, but as they battle to survive, he drops his guard, finding friendship and humanity where he least expects it."

I had some lengthy correspondence with Paul just over a year ago, where he projected a release date of late 2011, or early 2012, but since then he's been less accessible. Here is a Facebook page for the movie (also linked from my name below):
https://www.facebook.com/pages/TOMO/106987962719240